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Volume 121 Issue 1 JANUARY 2021 LIMITED EDITION Published monthly by the Friends of Isabella Seniors for the Isabella County Commission on Aging Friends of Isabella Seniors - 2200 S Lincoln Rd., Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858 - (989) 772-0748 - isabellacounty.org/active living-newspaper New Phone System for COA Please Help Have A Heart With the majority of our COA staff continuing to work from The Commission on Aging and Friends of home, we recently launched a new phone system to use when calling Isabella Seniors ask you to “Have A Heart” and make the Commission on Aging. This system will connect you directly a donation to support the 2021 Have A Heart Project. with the appropriate staff member at home or to the appropriate “Have a Heart” depends solely on the voicemail to leave your information. Please note, you may still have generosity of Isabella County residents. There are no to leave a message, but staff are checking in frequently and will federal, state or local funds used for this program. As return your call as soon as possible! We thought it would be helpful in the past, the COA expects to assist between 75 to to list below the number options to easily contact the appropriate 100 older adult residents in Isabella County with the staff member. Please note, you can push 0 at any time to be high costs of prescription medications, warm winter connected with our secretary. First, dial (989) 772-0748. clothing, and food. If you have questions or would For all new intakes and referrals, press 1 like more information, please contact the Food with Friends questions or cancel home delivered meal, press 2 Commission on Aging at (989) 772-0748. To set up an appointment to drop off or pick-up incontinence Please fill out and return the form below. supplies or medical equipment, press 3 Every dollar helps us reach our goal of $7500.00. To speak with Jennifer Martin, press 4 Thank You in advance for your willingness to help To speak with Keith Anderson, press 5 our friends and neighbors. To speak with Kathy Campbell, press 6 To speak with Tina Campbell, press 7 YES, I Want To Help Have a Heart Personal care, homemaking scheduling questions / changes, press 8 For insurance and Medicare Part D questions, press 9 Name: _____________________________________ For Activity Program and Active Living questions, press 10 For Gold Key Volunteer information and questions, press 11 Address: ___________________________________ For Caregiver Support / Mary Ellen Walsh, press 12 For Foster Grandparent Program questions, press 13 City: ______________ State: _____ Zip:________ For the Senior Companion Program questions, press 14 For all other calls, please press 0. I would like to donate the amount of $ _______ Home Delivered Meals Weather Related My donation is In Memory of: In Honor of: Cancellations Now that winter is here, the threat of inclement weather is __________________________________________ also a possibility. Out of safety for staff and / or volunteers who are delivering meals, there might be days that we will have to cancel Please keep my donation anonymous. meal delivery due to unsafe driving conditions. When meal delivery is cancelled, the cancellation will be posted on multiple tv stations. Make checks payable to: FOIS - Have-a-Heart Stations that you can tune into for weather-related meal cancellations Mail to: Friends of Isabella Seniors are as follows: TV5, TV9&10, TV12, and TV25. Our closings will Attn: Have-A-Heart also be broadcasted on the radio station 104.9. If you have any 2200 S. Lincoln Rd. questions, please contact us at The Commission on Aging at 989-772 Mt. Pleasant, MI. 48858 -0748. Press 2. Page 2 ACTIVE LIVING Volume 121 Issue 1 - JANUARY 2021 COA Executive Director’s Comments Virtual Fitness Classes Happy New Year! As we close out 2020 and All you need to participate in any head into 2021, let’s think back upon the blessings of our virtual fitness classes is access to we have received and focus on a positive, healthy the internet and a computer. The classes and Happy New Year! will all be offered via Zoom. At this time, Here at the Commission on Aging, we are we have Tai Chi, Zumba Gold, Chair thankful to have such an amazing, caring team who Yoga and Yoga. If you are interested or have worked so hard over the past year to make a have questions, please call (989) 772- positive impact on the lives of older adults 0748 and Press 10 to leave a message for throughout our community. The changes that we Marcy or feel free to email me at have endured since the pandemic have not been easy, [email protected]. I will get but our COA family members have all been resilient you the details of the classes. These and creative, putting the needs and the safety of our classes will be offered FREE of charge. clients first and foremost. All participants must have a signed Another big blessing of 2020 is the extreme liability waiver on file before starting generosity of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe. They have provided an classes. incredible amount of support for the programs and services of the Commission on Yoga Aging for many years. 2020 was no different – even though they were negatively Monday 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. impacted by the pandemic as well. In 2020, the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe Tai Chi provided our organization with $200,000 in two-percent distributions, bringing Tuesday & Thursday - 10:00 a.m. the total award that we have received from them since 1995 to just over $9 million. We are so appreciative of the incredible generosity of the Saginaw Zumba Gold Chippewa Indian Tribe. Tuesday 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. While we look at all that is to come in the New Year, I hope that you also Chair Yoga take some time to reflect on the past year. When you do, I hope that you can look Wednesday 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. back upon 2020 and smile. I am sure that we can all say that the year was filled with ups and downs, some harder than others, but no matter what storms you weathered, you made it through and are stronger as a result, whether it be Legal Services physically, emotionally, mentally, spiritually, or all of the above. My wish for Lakeshore Legal Aid provides legal you in this New Year is that you experience more ups than downs, appreciating advice to people over the age of 60. everything that brings you joy. My challenge for you in this New Year is that you make an effort to bring that joy to others, helping them to experience more Please call : Council & positivity in the New Year as well. Advocacy Law Line at Jennifer A. Crawford, M.S.A., COA Executive Director 1-888-783-8190 Thank You COA Walking Path Beautification Donors Friends of Isabella Seniors would like to extend our sincere appreciation FREE In Home Flu Shots to the donors below who so generously contributed to the COA Walking Path Get your flu shot administered in the Beautification Project in 2020. The donations were used to plant and maintain comfort of your own home for FREE. beautiful flowers and trees along with newly installed landscaping, which will be enjoyed for years to come by those who take a stroll on the path. We would also Call 1-800-858-1637 to sign up! like to extend a special thank you to the students of the CMU Public Health Please be prepared to provide your Residential College who donated many hours of physical labor, helping to enhance the walking path and to Roy Burlington for his vision, leadership, and name, number, and address You must tireless hours of hands-on work bringing this project to fruition. be 19 and older to participate Walking Path Beautification Project Donors REGION VII AREA AGENCY ON AGING Jerry Morey June Powell Joanne Grabinski Ray and Janet Johnson Carolyn and Don Oblinger Kenneth M. Burlington Dave and Linda Coyne David and Sue Karmon Eileen Jennings Sister Marie Kopin Serves Bay, Clare, Huron, Isabella, Roy and Alice Burlington Students of CMU Public Health Gladwin, Gratiot, Midland, Saginaw, Kathy Burlington Residential College Sanilac, and Tuscola Counties Page 3 ACTIVE LIVING Volume 121 Issue 1 - JANUARY 2021 Mask Selection and Care Mission Moments Masks or face coverings have now become a part of our daily routine as we navigate our world. To protect ourselves and It has never felt so good to say “Happy New Year” than it does others from the COVID 19 virus it has been today! Twenty-twenty may not have been the best year, but I have a great recommended or mandated that we wear them. feeling about 2021! Many of us may not be aware that we are not In October Foster Grandparent and Senior Companion programs always wearing or caring for our masks had a Fall Harvest / Costume Parade. Volunteers drove thru dressed up in properly. The Centers for Disease Control and a Halloween costume, they enjoyed some donuts and cider and got a Prevention (CDC) has recommendations for goodie bag of arts and craft supplies to make cards and posters for their selecting, wearing and cleaning of masks. students and clients. Our volunteers are missing their students, clients The CDC suggests we choose masks that: and nursing home residents. The number one thing we hear form our • Have two or more layers of washable, volunteers about their service is “the program does more for me, then I do breathable fabric for the program.” These programs give our volunteers purpose, a reason • Completely covers both nose and mouth to get up in the morning, and most importantly, a chance to be a part of • Fit snugly against the sides of your face and something big that builds their communities.